The Artist in Residence program invites experienced visual, performing, and interdisciplinary artists from around the country to stay at the ArtWaves campus for anywhere between one and two weeks.  During their stay artists have the opportunity to teach classes while enjoying time to create, reflect, and connect with other artists on beautiful Mount Desert Island, Maine.  This unique opportunity enables ArtWaves to bring a diversity of art instruction to the island and surrounding communities.

We’re currently accepting applications for Fall 2026 and Summer 2027.

At White Buffalo Land Trust, the Artist-in-Residence program exists to deepen the cultural dimension of regenerative agriculture—inviting artists to engage directly with land as collaborator, teacher, and medium.

Through time spent at Jalama Canyon Ranch, artists explore the intersection of ecology, agriculture, and human expression—translating living systems into forms that expand awareness, connection, and care.

Jalama Canyon Ranch is a 1,000-acre living laboratory on California’s Central Coast, where regenerative practices shape the landscape.

Artists are invited to:

• Develop original, place-based work
• Observe and interpret ecological systems
• Engage with regenerative agricultural practices
• Collaborate with land stewards and community

Public Contribution Includes:

• One community-facing experience
• One educational or participatory offering

Support Includes:

• On-site accommodations
• Living, travel and materials stipend
• Access to diverse ecological environments

Eligible Disciplines:
We welcome artists across all mediums—illustration, painting, architecture, sculpture, fiber arts, ceramics, photography, music, dance, creative writing, poetry, and beyond
 

A free residency for artists & musicians to practice their craft without distractions in a safe, natural environment on an urban ranch in Austin, TX. Please note that this is an alcohol & drug-free residence.

Futures Fellowship

This fellowship supports artists with research-based projects who are reimagining the possibilities of museums, scholarship, and public engagement. The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program (RAP) awards funded residential fellowships to established and promising scholars with the aim of fostering a critical commitment to inquiry in the theory, history, and interpretation of art and visual culture.

As part of our commitment to fostering diverse engagements with the visual arts, RAP particularly seeks to elevate constituencies, subjects, and methods that have historically been underrepresented in the discipline. In addition to the general Clark Fellowships, which are open to any topic, time period, and geographic focus, RAP offers a number of special fellowships for specific research interests that are intended to nurture a variety of disciplinary approaches and support new voices in art history.

All fellows receive a stipend; are provided offices in the open-stack, 280,000-volume art history library of the Manton Research Center; apartments in the gracious residence across the street from our 140-acre campus; and reimbursement of travel expenses. Fellowships typically last for one semester, but longer- and shorter-term opportunities are available.

For more information and application details, please visit clarkart.edu/rap/fellowship. The application portal may be directly reached at clarkart.smapply.io.

Applications are due by October 15, 2026 fo